Jekyll and Tyneside
Or, Newcastle in November (Plus) Last weekend’s win against Manchester United, the first in 41 years for the Geordies at Old Trafford, caps a remarkable run of play for Newcastle, […]
Category Archives: Analysis
Tactical analysis of a team, player, or game.
Aston Villa without Benteke
Probably no Premier League team has had as difficult a start as Aston Villa. They have already played away to Arsenal and Chelsea, while hosting Liverpool and Manchester City with […]
Hammers’ Seventh Joy
Or, Big Sam’s Barcelona Tryout Jacob Steinberg must have had an inkling. On Twitter, he described Friday’s Joy of Six article on great Spurs-Hammers tilts (written with Paul Doyle) as […]
West Ham U(pda)ted
If you don’t understand what this pick-up truck has to do with West Ham, check out my previous post on the Irons. One of the wonderful things about the football […]
Swansea City in August
Or, Can Laudrup Dodge the Sophomore Slump? Facing Liverpool on Monday, Swansea City are smack in the middle of the kind of opening fixtures that David Moyes was complaining about. Though […]
Cardiff City in August
Or, Will it play in Kuala Lumpur? The Bluebirds, now dressed in red and bearing the city’s dragon as a crest, have played a mid-table club, a top club, and […]
Pick-up Trucks
NBC’s new promo to introduce their coverage of the Premier League includes a quick West Ham joke (at 2:21). The joke itself is more about class authenticity than football, and […]
Stoopid American 